HI Dan, Do you have any links on info on the battery?
A quick search didn’t find anything. Yea I know given SMA time, I’ll be long retired when it comes out but still. jay peltz power > On Feb 18, 2016, at 2:34 AM, Dan Fink <danbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Wrenches, please correct me if I am off-base here; > > The way I am reading the SMA product info literature is that the BAT relay > cnx is for the new up-and-coming 2kW SMA Lithium battery intended for > grid-tie load shaving or short-period battery backup (just like the new ones > from enphase, tesla, etc) somehow in combination with the SMA daytime Secure > Power Supply, and that the BAT cnx can also be used for true off-grid > operation with a Sunny Island inverter added in the basement next to the > battery bank. > > This all reminds me of the never-ending TV ads for ED meds..."Ask your PV > professional if your system is healthy enough for battery backup. If you > experience a grid outage lasting longer than 4 hours, contact your PV > professional immediately." Except the doctors get their CEUs for free to > learn how to diagnose and prescribe those meds, we have to pay all travel, > lodging and workshop expenses to learn how to responsibly sell, install and > retrofit PV systems for grid tie battery backup. > > Questions about these retrofits are taking up an ever increasing portion of > my allotted "free consulting" time for potential customers. I wish somebody > offered a NABCEP accredited master class about it with all the gory details. > > Dan Fink > Adjunct Professor, Ecotech Institute > IREC Certified Instructor™ for: > ~ PV Installation Professional > ~ Small Wind Installer > Executive Director, Buckville Energy > NABCEP Accredited Continuing Education Providers™ > 970.672.4342 <tel:970.672.4342> > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 7:14 PM, jay <jay.pe...@gmail.com > <mailto:jay.pe...@gmail.com>> wrote: > HI Marco, > > that might indeed be true. > > But there are many references to batteries, battery relay control for battery > charging, > > pages below all reference to different battery parameters > http://files.sma.de/dl/27676/SB5.0-6.0-1SP-US-40-IA-xx-10.pdf > <http://files.sma.de/dl/27676/SB5.0-6.0-1SP-US-40-IA-xx-10.pdf> > 27 > 36 > 37 > 39 > > Curious. > > jay > > > > On Feb 17, 2016, at 3:02 PM, Marco Mangelsdorf <ma...@pvthawaii.com > > <mailto:ma...@pvthawaii.com>> wrote: > > > > Hi Jay, > > > > If you're referring to the new SMA 5 and 6 kW -40 inverters, they are not > > battery compatible to my knowledge. > > > > marco > > > > HI All, > > > > I was reading the manual for this new inverter and there are many > > references to batteries. > > No one I’ve asked knows anything about this aspect of the inverter. > > > > So I’m posing it here. > > Does anyone know about the battery aspect of this inverter? > > > > thanks > > > > jay > > > > peltz power > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org >
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